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Topic: Bonds

India’s bond market is so hot even Baba Ramdev is selling debt

Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali & Wipro are among 91 maiden bond sellers this year compared to only 61 making their bond-market debut in the same period 2019.

Foreigners are fleeing India’s bond market just when it needs them most

The amount of sovereign securities held by global funds has slumped Rs 76,700 crore from this year’s peak in February as steep hedging costs diminished pay-offs.

How state govts are crowding out cash-strapped companies from debt market

State govts are planning to crank up bond sales by 18.2% this quarter from a year earlier to make up for a decline in tax revenue due to slowdown.

Foreigners are dumping Indian bonds fearing widening fiscal deficit

Global funds have turned net sellers of India’s sovereign bonds for the first time in four months, as expectations grow of a wider fiscal deficit.

After rough and tumble of 2019, Indian bonds greet 2020 with hope

The negative narrative surrounding India’s debt market comes at a time benchmark yields are set for first annual drop in 3 years.

Fears of stimulus package keep Indian bond prices in check

Scepticism over Modi govt’s fiscal restraint persists & bond gains sparked last week by a record fund transfer from RBI didn’t last even one session.

After Modi govt announcements, Indian stocks, bonds rally despite selloff in rest of Asia

Equities bucked the selloff in Asia as trade tensions that roiled stocks globally eased somewhat following Donald Trump stating that China asked to re-start trade talks.

Interest rate cuts will make a difference only when they’re transmitted down the line

Banking sector reform won’t lead to an immediate change, but in the medium term, it will help transmission of policy rates to bank lending rates.

This is what is spooking India’s bond market

What's troubling the market - beyond the known $100 billion deficit for next fiscal - is the additional, below-the-radar govt funding it's being asked to provide.

Bond bulls return to India to fuel best quarter in over year

Expectations of rate increase by the RBI have weakened after the slump in price on Brent crude. Mumbai: Oil’s price collapse is driving India’s sovereign...

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Poll loss in Bodoland is a wake up call to BJP in Assam. How Zubeen’s death puts CM Himanta in a tight spot

Assam CM can’t celebrate that the Congress drew a blank in the Bodoland Territorial Council polls in 2010 as well as 2015, and bagged only one in 2020.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

India looks to procure more S-400/S-500 air defence systems from Russia

The 2018 contract with Russia for 5 S-400 systems had a follow-on clause for 5 more. S-400 was described as a 'game-changer' for shooting down 5 Pakistan fighter jets during Op Sindoor.

Something’s hidden in the Oval Office photo of Trump, Munir, Sharif. India must look closely

What Munir has achieved with Trump is a return to normal, ironing out the post-Abbottabad crease. The White House picture gives us insight into how Pakistan survives, occasionally thrives and thinks.